"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
I know your eyes in the morning sun
I feel you touch me in the pourin' rain
And the moment that you wander far from me
I want to feel you in my arms again
And you come to me on a summer breeze
Keep me warm with your love then you softly leave
And its me you need to show
How deep is your love
[Chorus:]
How deep is your love
How deep is your love
I really need to learn
'Cus we're livin' in a world of fools
Breaking us down
When they all should let us be
We belong to you and me
I believe in you
You know the dawn to a better sun
You're the light in my deepest, darkest doubt
You're my savior when I fall
And you may not think I care for you
When you know down inside that I really do
And its me you need to show
How deep is your love
[Chorus:]
Girl you came to me on a summer breeze
Kept me warm in love then you softly leave
And its me you need to show
How deep is your love
[Chorus:]
I believe in you
How deep is your love
I feel you touch me in the pourin' rain
And the moment that you wander far from me
I want to feel you in my arms again
And you come to me on a summer breeze
Keep me warm with your love then you softly leave
And its me you need to show
How deep is your love
[Chorus:]
How deep is your love
How deep is your love
I really need to learn
'Cus we're livin' in a world of fools
Breaking us down
When they all should let us be
We belong to you and me
I believe in you
You know the dawn to a better sun
You're the light in my deepest, darkest doubt
You're my savior when I fall
And you may not think I care for you
When you know down inside that I really do
And its me you need to show
How deep is your love
[Chorus:]
Girl you came to me on a summer breeze
Kept me warm in love then you softly leave
And its me you need to show
How deep is your love
[Chorus:]
I believe in you
How deep is your love
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How Deep Is Your Love Lyrics as written by Maurice Ernest Gibb Barry Gibb
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